- Original: Α - Transliteration: A - Phonetic: al'-fah - Definition: 1. first letter of Greek alphabet 2. christ is the alpha to indicate that he is the beginning and the end - Origin: of hebrew origin - TDNT entry: 1:1,* - Part(s) of speech: Letter - Strong's: Of hebrew origin; the first letter of the alphabet: figuratively only (from its use as a numeral) the first. Often used (usually an before a vowel) also in composition (as a contraction from G427 ) in the sense of privation; so in many words beginning with this letter; occasionally in the sense of union (as a contraction of G260 ): - Alpha.